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 bole /ˈbol/
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 Bole n.  The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.
    Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean.   --Tennyson.

 Bole, n.  An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet. [Scot.]
    Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin.   --Sir W. Scott.

 Bole, n. A measure. See Boll, n., 2.

 Bole, n.
 1. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.
 2. A bolus; a dose.
 Armenian bole. See under Armenian.
 Bole Armoniac, or Armoniak, Armenian bole. [Obs.]
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 Boll n.
 1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.
 2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels. [Sometimes spelled bole.]

 bole
      n 1: a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish
           brown pigment)
      2: the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole
         is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
         [syn: trunk, tree trunk]
      3: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely
         related to Hausa [syn: Bolanci]